The 'trick' as you call it was published on about every tech and pseudo tech website from Alabama to Zimbabwe. If I'm not mistaken it was even on one of MS's own blogs. Vista itself will keep sophisticated users from using it...that's why their sophisticated :p
Mike On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM, David K Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a related note (Microsoft under pressure to reduce OS prices), there is > the following story about Vista: > > <http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/03/157225> > > "The new Service Pack 1 version of Windows Vista allows end users to > > purchase the 'upgrade edition' and install it on any PC — with no need to > > purchase the more expensive 'full edition.' The same behavior was present > > when Vista was originally released, but the fact that the trick wasn't > > removed from SP1 suggests that Microsoft executives approved the back door > > as a way to make the price of Vista more appealing to sophisticated buyers." > > > > > I am more paranoid than that and suspect that MS will eventually put the > screws to anyone who uses this "trick", because it is so darn easy to do > and > likewise would have been very easy for MS to prevent, and they would stand > to lose a lot of money once the trick becomes widely known. I won't say > what > the trick is, because Tom probably wouldn't like me doing so, but even a > novice could do it. > > > On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > > > Subject: The OS that Won't Die! > > > > > > > > www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?art > > icleID=207001662 > > > > Trying to avoid an exodus to Linux on ultra low-cost PCs, Microsoft will > > allow discount computer makers to sell XP for an extended time (June > > 2010). > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
